EIAD 128-B. Drumslab (?) from Ghantasala

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr), Vincent Tournier (vito).

Language: Undetermined (und) [Script (unspecified) (script_unspecified)].

Repository: Early Āndhradeśa (tfb-eiad-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEIAD00128-B.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSEIAD00128-B.xml.

Version: 2026-09-22 13:22 (151ff65), last modified 2026-09-21 18:13 (3db1cff).

Edition

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Bibliography

Previously unpublished. Edited here from our photographs after autopsy of the stone.

Secondary

Somasekhara Sarma, Mallampalli. 1974. “Some Prākṛit inscriptions from Ghaṇṭaśāla.” In: Epigraphia Āndhrica vol. II. Edited by N. Venkataramanayya & P. V. Parabrahma Sastry. Epigraphical series 5. Hyderabad: Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, pp. 1–3. Page 2.

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[1] Inventory no. EIAD: 128 B

[2] Raghunath no.: —

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.:

[4] Tsukamoto no.: —

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : slab

[7] (Faces:) Lines: 1

[8] H: 81

[9] W: 84

[10] D: 8

[11] H: 50

[12] W: 37

[13] Language(s): unknown

[14] Original locality: Ghantasala

[15] Present locality: Ghantasala Museum, w/out no.

[16] Primary bibliography:

[17] Secondary bibliography: Somasekhara Sarma 1974: 2.

[18] Visual documentation:

[19] Substance of inscription:

[20] Remarks: surrounding inscription in śaṅkhalipi: this might be the śaṅkhalipi inscription alluded to by Somasekhara Sarma.

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